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Kato N Siemens ALC-42 Charger

By Cody Grivno | July 24, 2025

This modern long-distance passenger diesel is offered in three Amtrak paint schemes

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Kato N Siemens ALC-42 Charger

Scale: N (1:160)

Price: Direct-current models, $150; with pre-installed Digital Command Control motor decoder, $250; with pre-installed DCC and sound decoder, $350

Era: 2021 to present

Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc., 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173; 847-781-9500; katousa.com

 Color photo of modern N scale diesel in red, white, blue, and silver paint on scenicked base

Kato N Siemens ALC-42 Charger features:

  • All-wheel electrical pickup
  • Blackened wheels
  • Body-mounted Kato magnetic knuckle couplers
  • Directional, golden-white light-emitting-diode headlights
  • Factory-printed number boards
  • Five-pole motor
  • Hybrid steel and plastic wheels
  • Illuminated number boxes
  • Prototype-specific details on wheel faces
  • See-through grills on sides of engine cooling compartment work corridors
  • Speaker housing in fuel tank
  • Work corridor can be illuminated with interior lighting kit No. 11-211, sold separately

Release date: Available now

Road names: Amtrak (“Day One” scheme in one road number, phase 6 and 7 schemes in three numbers each).

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